
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
I have a degree in linguistics, a postgraduate qualification in sociology (largely social psychology, social anthropology) and in teaching. I have wide experience in research, counseling, and advocacy since 1996. I draw upon a wide range of research interests: gut, immune, metabolic issues, sensory perceptual and sensory processing disorders, the spectrum of communication disorders, motor planning issues, co-occurring mental health issues (mood, anxiety, compulsive, personality, identity, dissociative disorders), mild brain injury (including agnosias), learning differences, and environments and their patterning.
As a person diagnosed with autism, I became a published author in 1991, an international public speaker in 1994 and then an autism consultant in 1996. As an autism consultant, I have worked with over 1000 families and individuals since 1996. My text books are used in courses on special education & psychology. I have been hired by health services, human services and education departments to work with people in their care and provide training.
My job as a consultant is to explore a person's current communication, interaction, behavior, development and consider which low or no cost strategies might help that person lead a fuller life, better reach their potential and establish more harmonious relationships with those in their life.
I have worked with those both formally diagnosed as well as those undiagnosed or self identifying with the autism spectrum who have experienced any combination of the following:
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